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Open Access and Open Licensing

What open access is and how open licenses work, the different types of OA materials, plus relevant Whittemore Library resources.

Open Access Books are...

...also called 'monographs'. These are free, online, openly-licensed scholarly books that focus on a specific topic.

Where to Find OA Books Online

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

Over 75,500 academic peer-reviewed books

Online Library of Open Access Books (OAPEN)

Over 1,900 open access scholarly books